University photonics research
Our optics and photonics research is performed at different institutions. The responsible ACP scientists are affiliated with a number of university institutions.
Aerial view of the Beutenberg Science Campus in Jena.
Front facet of the ACP research building in Jena.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Since 2016, the Abbe Center of Photonics at the Beutenberg Campus is hosting more than eight research groups and more that 90 scientists of the University from all the different departments and institutes. The building offers 2,600 m² space for functionalized optical, biological and chemical labs, seminar rooms, offices and an auditorium. Thus, it has quickly developed into the primary hot-spot for Jena's interdisciplinary research exchanges and cooperations. Further, the new building increasingly allows for the enhanced integration of ACP's photonics educational programs into its research program.
Location: Beutenberg Campus, Albert-Einstein-Str. 6
Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics (IOQ)
- laser-plasma interactions
- relativistic optics
- XUV and x-ray optics
- attosecond laser physics
Location: Main PAF building, Max-Wien-Platz 1
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP)
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)Institute of Applied Physics (IAP)
- fiber & waveguide lasers
- microstructure technology
- nanooptics
- ultrafast optics
- optical system design
- optical engineering
Location: Beutenberg Campus, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15
Abbeanum
Image: Andre Sternbeck.Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics (IFTO)
- nanooptics & optical metamaterials
- nonlinear dynamics in photonic systems
- quantum effects in nanooptical systems
- computational nonlinear & relativistic optics
Location: Abbeanum, Fröbelstieg 1
Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Solid State Optics de
Institute for Theoretical Physics (TPI)
- quantum optics
- relativistic quantum dynamics
- quantum field theory
Location: Abbeanum, Fröbelstieg 1
Institute for Applied Optics and Biophysics (IAOB)
- superresolution microscopy
- three-dimensional object measurement
- fiber-based microscopy
Location: Abbeanum, Fröbelstieg 1
Yellow house
Image: Christian ZwickInstitute for Solid State Physics (IFK)
- physics of nanoscale solids
- photovoltaics
- surface sciences and thin films
- ultrafast optical spectroscopy
- ion beam physics
Location: Red and yellow house, Helmholtzweg 3 and 5
CMB
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)Center for Molecular Biomedicine (CMB)
- molecular cell biology
- biochemistry and biophysics
- cell biology
- sepsis research
- molecular genetics
Location: Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Str. 2
Institute of Nutrition Sciences
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Institute of Nutrition Sciences
- cellular lipid transport and metabolism
- targeted delivery into human cells
- the regulation of cellular metabolism and function by nutrients and metabolites
- molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis
Location: Dornburger Str. 24
Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC)
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC)
- molecular, supra- and biomolecular information processing
- photo-inducible nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO)-releasing molecules and materials
- molecular and material logic and computing with sensors and light
Location: Humboldtstr. 8
Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
- metallo-supramolecular polymers
- tailor-made functional polymers and nanoparticles
- responsive materials
- organic solar cells and polymer LEDs
- inkjet-printing and nanolithography
- optical metamaterials
- polymeric nanostructures
Location: Humboldtstr. 10
Institute for Physical Chemistry (IPC)
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)Institute for Physical Chemistry (IPC)
- biophotonics
- nanospectroscopy
- molecular photonics
- biological nanoimaging
- molecular nanotechnology
Location: Helmholtzweg 4
Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research (OSIM)
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Otto-Schott-Institute of Materials Research (OSIM)
- materials sciences
- glass chemistry
- optical glasses
Location: Löbdergraben 2
Hospital
Image: PrivateClinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
- culture-independent pathogen detection
- in vivo visualization of cellular redox state and function(s), such as dye uptake and excretion
- in vivo and in situ monitoring of heme degradation
- plasmonics to describe the host response
Location: University hospical, Jena Lobeda, Am Klinikum 1
Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care MedicineExternal link
Biomolecular
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)Research Group for Biomolecular Photonics
- multidimensional fluorescence lifetime imaging
- optical protein-protein and protein-DNA interaction assays
- structure-function relationships of ion channels
- indicators and nanosensors for ions and biomolecules
Location: Nonnenplan 2-4